Chris Hedges: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – The Israel Lobby’s Useful Idiot
By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost The long nightmare of oppression of Palestinians is not a tangential issue. It is a black and white issue of a settler-colonial state…
The BRICS Revolt: How Ukraine War Eroded U.S. Authority
By Glenn Greenwald / Rumble The proxy war in Ukraine has presented a grand opportunity for competitors of the U.S. — a chance to exploit longstanding resentments of American empire…
Secret Police: One Department In Virginia Is Trying To Hide The Names Of Most Officers
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter A police department in Virginia has twisted the state’s freedom of information law to try and block the names of officers from being shared…
What Young Americans Really Think About Guns
74% of young people say gun violence is a problem in the US. But they have little faith in the government to tackle it
You Ignore ‘Apartheid’ — Angry Scholars’ Letter to US Jews Is Signed by 750 Including Benny Morris
So long as Jews and Palestinians don’t have equal rights, Israel risks “dictatorship,” says 750 academics in letter urging U.S. Jews to denounce “apartheid.”
How Liberal Comedians Became Lap Dogs for the Establishment
By Chris Hedges / The Real News Network The fusion of politics, news, and entertainment has given prominence to comics like Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, and Bill Maher,…
Green Groups Slam Biden Admin for Awarding $1 Billion to ‘Unproven’ Carbon Capture Projects
"Fossil fuel interests see a clear benefit in promoting direct air capture as a means to preserve the dominance of dirty fossil fuels," said one advocate.
Biden Asks Congress for Additional $24 Billion to Spend on Ukraine War
The White House lumped the Ukraine funds in with $12 billion for domestic disaster relief and $4 billion for border security
Beyond Niger: How ECOWAS Became a Tool for Western Imperialism
By Alan MaCleod / MintPress News Niger is shaping up to be the surprising frontline of the new Cold War. Yesterday, the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)…
How Israel Occupied Itself
The Way the Crisis on the West Bank Became the Crisis in Israel Itself
Survivors of Oppenheimer’s Trinity Test Are Still Fighting for Justice and Recognition
Nearly 80 years after the first atomic test in New Mexico, a consortium of “downwinders” are documenting the bomb’s impact on their community and organizing for restitution.
Coral Bleaching Across Caribbean Raises Fears of ‘Catastrophic Mortality’ of Reefs Worldwide
“This will only get worse until there is a global reduction in greenhouse gas emissions," said one expert.
Maui’s Deadly Wildfires Burn Through Lahaina – It’s a Reminder of the Growing Risk to Communities That Once Seemed Safe
By Mojtaba Sadegh / The Conversation Wildfires, pushed by powerful winds, raced through Lahaina, Hawaii, on Aug. 8 and 9, 2023, leaving a charred and smoldering landscape across the tourist…
Coalition Demands North Carolina Lawmakers ‘Cease and Desist’ From Attacks on the Poor
"We will not allow the clock to be turned back on our democracy, for our hard-fought gains to vanish, or for our children to have less democracy, less rights, less…
Zionism’s Ethnic Cleansing Has Been Accomplished Through the Sword and the Gavel
Since its founding, Israel has crafted legal tools to advance the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. The current judicial overhaul is part of this process and shows the state's colonization plans…